In the days when I was courtin'   I was seldom done resortin'   In the ale house and the playhouse   And many's the house between      I told me brother Seamus   I'll go off and get right famous   And when I come back home again   I'll have seen the whole wide world      And it's goodbye, Muirshin Durkin   I'm sick and tired of workin'   I'll no more dig the praties   I'll no longer be a fool      As sure as me name is Carney   I'll go off to California   And instead of digging praties   I'll be digging lumps of gold      Farewell to all the girls at home   I'm bound away across the foam   Off to seek me fortune   In far Amerikay      There's silver there a-plenty   For the poor and for the gentry   And when I come back home again   I never more will say      Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin   I'm sick and tired of workin'   I'll no more dig the praties   I'll no longer be a fool      As sure as me name is Carney   I'll go off to California   Where instead of diggin' praties   I'll be digging lumps of gold      And goodbye, Muirshin Durkin   I'm sick and tired of workin'   I'll no more dig the praties   I'll no longer be a fool      As sure as me name is Carney   I'll go off to California   Where instead of diggin' praties   I'll be digging lumps of gold      Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin   I'm sick and tired of workin'   I'll no more dig the praties   No more be a fool      As sure as me name is Carney   I'll go off to California   Where instead of diggin' praties   I'll be diggin' lumps of gold